The Psalmist prays to be delivered not merely from his present afflictions but from the power of the sins which he recognises as the cause of them. Sin gets hold of its victim and brings him into punishment. Cp. Psalms 40:12; Job 8:4.

the reproach of the foolish The fool (Psalms 14:1 note) regards the sufferings of the godly as a mark of God's wrath, and taunts him accordingly (Psalms 38:16; Psalms 22:8; Psalms 31:11). Cp. the plea of the nation, Psalms 44:13 ff.; Psalms 74:18; Psalms 74:22.

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